May their memories be for a blessing. Established in 1997, the Joyce and Ernest Lampert Endowment Fund helps make it possible for needy seniors to receive the homecare services they require to remain living safely and independently in their own homes for as long as possible. By creating their named continuity fund at JFCS, the Lamperts honor the memory of their parents in a perpetual and meaningful way. Freda and Max Steinberg, Joyce’s parents, had immigrated to Toronto from Russia when both were quite young. Once grown and married, Max went into the ladies’ clothing business, while Freda stayed home… Read More

The Albert and Victoria Carsen and Etta Singer Memorial Fund provides direct and practical support for Bay Area seniors, helping to ensure that they are able to remain living safely and with dignity in their own homes for as long as possible. Susan Carsen established this fund in loving memory of her parents, Victoria and Albert Carsen, and her maternal grandmother, Etta Singer. Susan’s mother, Victoria Carsen, was a native New Yorker who maintained season tickets to a variety of cultural events until her death. Her many friends ensured that Victoria was able to get to the shows, concerts, restaurants,… Read More

The Dollinger Family Fund will provide a perpetual source of support for individuals and families in need of critical assistance. The Dollinger Family Fund was established in the summer of 2004 in celebration of Marci and Marc Dollinger’s 10th wedding anniversary. Marci, who hails from Memphis, Tennessee, and San Francisco-born Marc married on July 3, 1994. The family, who moved to Marin from Los Angeles in 2002, includes two daughters—Rebecca, who at age 8 had just completed the second grade at Brandeis Hillel when this fund was created in 2004—and Shayna, then 4 and a preschooler at the Jewish Community… Read More

The Benjamin and Elizabeth Leavitt Fund provides financial support for the comprehensive social services that JFCS offers to Russian emigres, helping them build successful new lives in the Bay Area. Shared from the Heart My sister and I were truly blessed with devoted and loving parents.  By helping other emigres to increase the quality of their lives, Barry and I are honoring them and the values they passed on to those who were fortunate enough to know them.—Barbara Kay The Benjamin and Elizabeth Leavitt Fund was established by Barbara and Barry Kay in loving memory of Barbara’s parents. Born in… Read More

The LGBT Fund permanently endows Jewish Family and Children’s Services’ LGBT Program, which offers targeted services for the Bay Area’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and their family members. A former JFCS Board member and chair of our LGBT Leadership Task Force, which advises the agency on strategies to grow and strengthen our innovative LGBT program, established this named continuity fund in loving memory of Stephen G. Perger and Donald Yaquinto. By doing so, she has permanently endowed a JFCS program that recognizes and addresses the specific needs of the area’s LGBT community, especially its Jewish component. If you… Read More

The Extend Our Happiness Fund assists people with food, weight, and body-image issues and/or eating disorders. Joan Barnes and Steve Strauss married in 1996 and started this fund in honor of their union and the happiness it brought them.  A longtime JFCS friend and a former member of our Board of Directors, Joan had recovered from a life-limiting and -threatening eating disorder. Their named continuity fund was established to help others struggling with these same issues. Within a year of their wedding, Steve began to experience strokes, which became increasingly serious over the course of a few years. Eventually, his… Read More